Bags of Water?

-bud- · 10-22-2009, 11:46 AM

I've heard it works but I don't know why sorry.

FLGarageDoors · 10-24-2009, 01:23 AM

It is their eyesight.

According to this webpage:

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Apparently the water bags do drive houseflies away. Not mosquitoes, not no-see-ums, not spiders, not roaches, not yellowjacket wasps, just houseflies. Evidently, houseflies, being highly edible and defenseless, are nervous types, and don't like to sit still when they see something moving nearby, because it could be a predator. The water bag acts a bit like a lens--try it some time--in which the movements of people in the area are reflected. Even if the fly is too far from the action to see it directly, it can see a shifting of light and dark in the water bag, which it interprets as nearby movement, and it will fly away from the bag. The reason it doesn't work on any other insects is that the other insects listed don't have eyesight worth a plugged nickel.

— Doug

rebecca16 · 12-01-2009, 09:06 PM

such a simple technique to stop the flies problem. does it really work?
will google some information about it. anyway thanks for sharing this news.

oldog/newtrick · 12-07-2009, 12:19 PM

Well I guess funeticals brother-in-law was right, cause ol funs not been back since the water bag experiment. I miss his witty observations. Guess I'll have to try the water bag thing in the spring and see what happens. If I disappear also you might not want to try the hanging bag thing...